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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Sunday, April 26, 1998 New Brazilian Bird Gets Its Wings As Scientists Confirm Discovery a Price Reduce mold, mlidew, dust and other air contaminants. * relief ¢ Improve air quality HEPA filtration © Eliminate musty odors. COlT 24h 1-800-FOR-COIT Experience You Can Trust. ‘THR ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Thescientists said its song was unlike any they had heard before. And when they hung nets to capturethe bird, they found out why — it was a ies unknown to science. Researchers at the Federal University of Parana said the tiny, gray-black bird that they captured in 1997 also had a undquehabitat: a marshy area inside the city of Curitiba, 420 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro. Marcos Bornschein, Bianca Reinhert and Mauro Pichorim named their new bird, a member of the Scytalopus genus, the lowland tapaculo. A similar bird lives in the forest only a few miles away from where the newly discovered bird makes its home,butthatbird bas a different song and never wanders to the marshes. Similar birds alse live in the Andes ins, more than 2,000 miles westward. But closer study of the lowland tapaculo deter- TTTe TTI mined that 11 factors, from the shapeofits feathers to its bone structure, were unique, Bornschein said. It measures about 4 inches long and weighs a halfounce, ENTER TO WIN A... -1000 SHOPPING SPREE in the Granite Furniture Drapery Department | rds AT. THE SES ese woopEe COUNTRY WOOD AND 2” METAL HUNTER DOUGLAS BLINDS from Hunter Douglas,on Sale Now! Free Top Down/ Bottom Up Feature! ON DUETTE AND APPLAUSE BLINDS! Don’t miss this year's Senior Living section — the special supplement in The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News that effectively targets seniors along the Wasatch Front. Whyadvertise in Senior Living? Because you'll reach 443,500 potential customers! Your ad will grab the attention of 85 percent of the population over the age of 56 in the Salt Lake area. Seniors are a powerful market — and after years of hard work,they're ready to enjoy themselves. Travel - Seniors are readyto travel. In fact, more than 25,000 people in the Salt Lake market over the age of 55 plan to take a cruise during the next 12 months, Financia! Services - Seniors invest their money wisely. Sixty-two percent of Salt Lake market seniors agreed “if | had a financial advisor| trusted, I'd rather leave my investmentstrategy to him/her.” Seniors are thrifty, 62 percent said “I am a saver.” Restaurants/Entertainment - Does your business offer a senior discount? Senior Living is the place to promote it. Eightynine percent of people 55 and over have eaten at a sii-down restaurantduring the past 30 days,with an average of 6.1 visits a month. Ask your account executive about promotional copy opportunities -~ you canwrite a feature story about your business or a new product to supplementyour SeniorLiving advertisement! Source: Belden Associates, Survey of the Salt Lake Market, 1997. For more information, contact your account executive Bae Ren or call 237-2815 Full contentof The Salt Lake Tribuneis available daily on the Web. wuww.sitrib.com Sure, Everyone dites } Aasociated Press Tom Gi a A specimen of a newly discovered bird is shownin this file photo. The gray and black “lowland tapaculo” measures about4 inches. |